Fide candidates 2021

2024 → The 2022 Candidates Tournament is an upcoming eight-player chess fide candidates 2021, with the winner qualifying for the challenger's spot against the defending champion Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2023.

The tournament is scheduled to take place at the Palace of Santoña in Madrid, Spain from June 16 to July 5, 2022, [2] with the World Championship to follow in early 2023. [3] As with every Candidates tournament since 2013, it will be a double round-robin tournament. [4] The eight qualifiers are Ian Nepomniachtchi, Teimour Radjabov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Richard Rapport, and Ding Liren.

Sergey Karjakin originally qualified as the runner-up of the Chess World Cup 2021, but he was disqualified by FIDE for breaching Article 2.2.10 of the FIDE Code of Ethics after he publicly expressed approval for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Chess Federation of Russia unsuccessfully appealed FIDE's decision on Karjakin's behalf. The spot then went to highest rated player on the May 2022 rating list, Ding Liren. Contents • 1 Participants • 1.1 Qualification of Radjabov • 1.2 Disqualification of Karjakin • 1.3 Qualifier by rating • 2 Organization • 2.1 Regulations • 2.2 Schedule • 3 Results • 3.1 Results by round • 4 Notes • 5 References • 6 See also Participants [ edit ] The qualifiers for the Candidates Tournament currently are: [5] [6] Qualification method Player Age Rating World ranking (May 2022) [7] 2021 World Championship runner-up Ian Nepomniachtchi [a] 31 2773 6 Candidate nominated by FIDE Teimour Radjabov 35 2753 13 The top two finishers in the Chess World Cup 2021 [b] Jan-Krzysztof Duda (winner) 24 2750 16 Sergey Karjakin [a] (runner-up) ( Disqualified) 32 2747 17 The top two finishers in the FIDE Fide candidates 2021 Swiss Tournament 2021 Alireza Firouzja (winner) 19 2804 3 Fabiano Caruana (runner-up) 29 2786 4 The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 [c] Hikaru Nakamura (winner) 34 2760 11 Richárd Rapport (runner-up) 26 2776 5 Highest rating for May 2022 Ding Liren (replacement for Karjakin) 29 2806 2 Qualification of Radjabov [ edit ] Radjabov had qualified for the previous Candidates Tournament as the winner of 2019 Chess World Cup but withdrew after his request to postpone the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic was refused.

[9] With the postponement of the 2020 Candidates Tournament at the halfway point due to the pandemic until its resumption in 2021, Radjabov called for his reinstatement into that tournament. [10] FIDE decided that it was appropriate to instead give Radjabov a direct entry into the 2022 Candidates.

[11] Disqualification of Karjakin [ edit ] On March 21, 2022, the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission ruled that Sergey Karjakin breached Article 2.2.10 of the FIDE Code of Ethics after he publicly approved the 2022 Fide candidates 2021 invasion of Ukraine.

As a result, Karjakin was banned from playing in any official FIDE-related tournaments for a period of six months, [12] making him unable to participate in the 2022 Candidates Tournament.

{INSERTKEYS} [13] Karjakin had 21 days to appeal. [12] Although he said he did not see any point in making an appeal, [14] the Chess Federation of Russia almost immediately announced that it was filing an appeal on his behalf. [15] The appeal means that the decision to ban him will be reviewed by FIDE. [12] [16] On May 6, the Appeal Chamber of the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission announced its decision to dismiss Karjakin's appeal, [17] meaning Karjakin is disqualified from the Candidates Tournament, [18] although he has the option of a further appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

[18] Qualifier by rating [ edit ] Originally, no player would have qualified by rating. [19] However, the rules state that should Karjakin's disqualification be upheld, the highest rated player in the May 2022 rating list who has also played at least 30 games rated in the rating lists from June 2021 to May 2022 will be invited as a replacement.

[4] In the April 2022 rating list, [20] the leading player (who was not world champion or already qualified) was Ding Liren with a rating of 2799, but he had only played 4 games rated in the rating lists from June 2021 to April 2022 [14] due to difficulties in travelling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[21] He therefore needed to play at least 26 games in March and April for the May 2022 rating list in order to be eligible. The Chinese Chess Association organized three different events for Ding to play, [22] allowing Ding to meet the minimum games requirement, and he also moved up to #2 in the rating list. [23] After Karjakin's appeal was unsuccessful, Ding Liren qualified for the Candidates Tournament. [24] Organization [ edit ] The tournament is an eight-player, double round-robin tournament, meaning there are 14 rounds with each player facing the others twice: once with the black pieces and once with the white pieces.

The tournament winner qualifies to play Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship in 2023. If Carlsen decides not to play, and if the match has the same conditions as the 2021 match, then the top two finishers in the 2022 Candidates will play a match for the World Championship. [25] [26] Regulations [ edit ] The time control is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second increment per move starting from move 1.

If there is a tie for first place, tie-breaks take the following format: [4] • Players play two rapid chess games at 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move. In the case of a three-way to six-way tie, a single round-robin is played. If seven or eight players are tied, a single round-robin is played with a time limit of 10 minutes plus 5 seconds per move.

• If any players are still tied for first after the rapid chess games, they play two blitz chess games at 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move. In the case of more than two players tied, a single round-robin is played. • If any players are still tied for first after those blitz chess games, the remaining players play a knock-out blitz tournament at the same time control. In each mini-match of the knock-out tournament, the first player to win a game wins the mini-match.

This is a change from previous candidates tournaments from 2013 to 2021, which used tie-breaks based on players' results in the tournament (such as results of head-to-head games between tied players, and number of wins). Ties for places other than first are broken by, in order: (1) Sonneborn–Berger score; (2) total number of wins; (3) head-to-head score among tied players; (4) drawing of lots. The prize money is €48,000 for first place, €36,000 for second place, and €24,000 for third place (with players on the same number of points sharing prize money, irrespective of tie-breaks), plus €7,000 per point for every player, a total prize pool of €500,000.

[4] Schedule [ edit ] Players from the same country must play each other in the earlier rounds: rounds 1 and 8 (if only two) and in rounds 1 to 3 and 8 to 10, if there are up to three players from the same federation. [4] Date [2] Day Event 16 June 2022 Thursday Opening ceremony 17 June 2022 Friday Round 1 18 June 2022 Saturday Round 2 19 June 2022 Sunday Round 3 20 June 2022 Monday Rest day 21 June 2022 Tuesday Round 4 22 June 2022 Wednesday Round 5 23 June 2022 Thursday Round 6 24 June 2022 Friday Rest day 25 June 2022 Saturday Round 7 26 June 2022 Sunday Round 8 27 June 2022 Monday Round 9 28 June 2022 Tuesday Rest day 29 June 2022 Wednesday Round 10 30 June 2022 Thursday Round 11 1 July 2022 Friday Round 12 2 July 2022 Saturday Rest day 3 July 2022 Sunday Round 13 4 July 2022 Monday Round 14 5 July 2022 Tuesday Tie breaks (if required) Closing ceremony Results [ edit ] Results by round [ edit ] First named player is white.

1–0 indicates a white win, 0–1 indicates a black win, and ½–½ indicates a draw. Numbers in parentheses show players' scores prior to the round. In April 2022, FIDE announced pairings for the tournament [27] Round 1 – 17 June 2022 Jan-Krzysztof Duda Richárd Rapport – Ding Liren Ian Nepomniachtchi – Fabiano Caruana Hikaru Nakamura – Teimour Radjabov Alireza Firouzja – Round 2 – 18 June 2022 Richárd Rapport Alireza Firouzja – Hikaru Nakamura Teimour Radjabov – Ian Nepomniachtchi Fabiano Caruana – Jan-Krzysztof Duda Ding Liren – Round 3 – 19 June 2022 Ding Liren Richárd Rapport – Fabiano Caruana Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Teimour Radjabov Ian Nepomniachtchi – Alireza Firouzja Hikaru Nakamura – Round 4 – 21 June 2022 Richárd Rapport Hikaru Nakamura – Ian Nepomniachtchi Alireza Firouzja – Jan-Krzysztof Duda Teimour Radjabov – Ding Liren Fabiano Caruana – Round 5 – 22 June 2022 Fabiano Caruana Richárd Rapport – Teimour Radjabov Ding Liren – Alireza Firouzja Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Hikaru Nakamura Ian Nepomniachtchi – Round 6 – 23 June 2022 Teimour Radjabov Richárd Rapport – Alireza Firouzja Fabiano Caruana – Hikaru Nakamura Ding Liren – Ian Nepomniachtchi Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Round 7 – 25 June 2022 Richárd Rapport Ian Nepomniachtchi – Jan-Krzysztof Duda Hikaru Nakamura – Ding Liren Alireza Firouzja – Fabiano Caruana Teimour Radjabov – Round 8 – 26 June 2022 Richárd Rapport Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Ian Nepomniachtchi Ding Liren – Hikaru Nakamura Fabiano Caruana – Alireza Firouzja Teimour Radjabov – Round 9 – 27 June 2022 Alireza Firouzja Richárd Rapport – Teimour Radjabov Hikaru Nakamura – Fabiano Caruana Ian Nepomniachtchi – Ding Liren Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Round 10 – 29 June 2022 Richárd Rapport Ding Liren – Jan-Krzysztof Duda Fabiano Caruana – Ian Nepomniachtchi Teimour Radjabov – Hikaru Nakamura Alireza Firouzja – Round 11 – 30 June 2022 Hikaru Nakamura Richárd Rapport – Alireza Firouzja Ian Nepomniachtchi – Teimour Radjabov Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Fabiano Caruana Ding Liren – Round 12 – 1 July 2022 Richárd Rapport Fabiano Caruana – Ding Liren Teimour Radjabov – Jan-Krzysztof Duda Alireza Firouzja – Ian Nepomniachtchi Hikaru Nakamura – Round 13 – 3 July 2022 Ian Nepomniachtchi Richárd Rapport – Hikaru Nakamura Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Alireza Firouzja Ding Liren – Teimour Radjabov Fabiano Caruana – Round 14 – 4 July 2022 Richárd Rapport Teimour Radjabov – Fabiano Caruana Alireza Firouzja – Ding Liren Hikaru Nakamura – Jan-Krzysztof Duda Ian Nepomniachtchi – Notes [ edit ] • ^ a b Russian players' flags are displayed as the FIDE flag, as Russian and Belarusian flags are banned from FIDE-rated events in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[8] • ^ The regulations stated that it would be the top two finishers other than Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi and Radjabov. (And that if all three finished in the top four of the World Cup, then the only World Cup qualifier would be the other player in the top four; and three qualifiers would come from the Grand Prix.) However none of these players reached the World Cup final: Nepomniachtchi and Radjabov elected not to play, and Carlsen lost at the semi-final stage.

• ^ The 2021 World Champion was not allowed to take part in the Grand Prix. Other players who had already qualified for the Candidates were required to give up their qualification spot if they took part in the Grand Prix.

[5] Thus, all participants in the Grand Prix had not yet qualified for the Candidates. References [ edit ] • ^ "FIDE Candidates 2022 venue and schedule announced". FIDE. March 21, 2022 . Retrieved March 21, 2022. • ^ a b FIDE Candidates 2022: Venue and schedule announced, Chessbase, March 28, 2022 • ^ Матч на первенство мира по шахматам ФИДЕ 2021.

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Firouzja • ^ https://fide.com/news/1716 FIDE Candidates Tournament: Drawings of lots and pairings See also [ edit ] • Women's Candidates Tournament 2022 Edit links • This page was last edited on 8 May 2022, at 21:32 (UTC).

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This opens the door for GM Ding Liren to replace Karjakin in the FIDE Candidates Tournament. The dismissal of the appeal was announced today on the FIDE website. It means that the six-month ban, which Karjakin received in March of this year, will stand.

Therefore, the 32-year-old Russian grandmaster cannot participate as a player in any FIDE-rated chess competition until September 21, 2022, and so he will be missing out on the FIDE Candidates Tournament for which he had qualified.

FIDE is likely to announce soon that Ding will be replacing Karjakin in the Candidates. According to FIDE regulations, in the case of a player dropping out, the highest-rated player in the FIDE May 2022 rating list would be invited, provided he/she has at least 30 standard games rated in the FIDE rating lists from June 2021 to May 2022.

When Karjakin received his ban on March 21, Ding had only four rated games, played in November 2021. However, he then played no fewer than 28 rated games in about a month's time, between March and April of this year, and thus fulfilled the requirement.

Karjakin could still appeal the EDC's dismissal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). For that, a case needs to be opened within 21 calendar days. If that happens, the EDC's decision remains in effect while under appeal unless the CAS directs otherwise. The decision to go to the CAS is probably one that the Russian Chess Federation needs to make.

Karjakin himself stated right after receiving his ban that he would not appeal, but then Andrey Filatov, the President of the Russian Chess Federation, announced that an appeal was going to be made soon.

After several weeks, that appeal was dismissed today. Karjakin, who is a fierce supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, received the ban for his statements on social media that supported Russia's warfare in Ukraine.

According to the EDC, this involved a breach of FIDE's Code of Ethics: "Disciplinary action in accordance with this Code of Ethics will be taken in cases of occurrences which cause the game of chess, FIDE or its federations to appear in an unjustifiable unfavorable light and in this way damage its reputation." The First Instance Chamber of the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) is formed by Yolander Persaud (Guyana), Ravindra Dongre (India), and Johan Sigeman (Sweden) as Chairperson.

See also: • Karjakin Banned For 6 Months, Misses Out On Candidates
Palo Alto, Calif., Dec. 28, fide candidates 2021 2022 Candidates Tournament, which will produce the challenger for the next world chess championship match, will take place in June 2022 in Madrid, Spain. As the organizing sponsor of this prestigious tournament, Chess.com signed an agreement on Monday with governing body FIDE and the Scheinberg family, patron of the event.

The Candidates Tournament will once again be the most important tournament of the year, with eight top grandmasters fighting for a spot in the next title match. The previous Candidates tournament, which was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia partly in 2020 and partly in 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, was one of the best-viewed tournaments in chess history.

So far, six players have qualified for the 2022 edition: GMs Fabiano Caruana, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Alireza Firouzja, Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Teimour Radjabov. The final two players will come from the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix, to be held February-April 2022. Following the agreement among FIDE, the Scheinberg family, and Chess.com, the dates and host city for the next Candidates Tournament have been set. The tournament is due to take place June 16-July 7, 2022 in Madrid.

The location of the playing hall is yet to be announced, but it's known already that the opening and closing ceremonies will be held in the Four Seasons luxury hotel in the Spanish capital.

"The Candidates Tournament is one of the most exciting events in the chess fide candidates 2021, and as such, it has massive followership.

Its popularity has grown to the point that it is comparable to that of the World Championship Match," said FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich. "For FIDE, it is a great satisfaction to hold this important tournament in Spain, a country that loves chess.

The partnership with Chess.com will also allow us to organize this event at the highest level, as was the case recently at the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss in Riga. Last but surely not least I'd like to thank the Scheinberg family, whose constant contribution to chess deserves real appreciation." "For the Spanish Chess Federation, it will be a great honor to cooperate with FIDE and Chess.com in making this event happen," said Spanish Chess Federation President Javier Ochoa de Echagen.

"Chess has always been very popular in our country, and well respected as an educational tool, with hundreds of thousands of fide candidates 2021 engaged in chess activities in schools. Hosting a top sporting event like fide candidates 2021 Candidates brings media attention, and gives all these kids something to look up to." "I am very excited to be working with FIDE and the Scheinberg family on this event," said Erik Allebest, CEO of Chess.com. "As a fan, I'm already looking forward to following this incredible tournament and cant wait for the outcome.

I am also happy for these amazing players to have the opportunity to play in such a wonderful city and what will surely be a great venue." The tournament is made possible by the generous patronage of the Scheinberg family, who have stated they are honored to once again contribute to a major chess event that is part of the world fide candidates 2021 cycle. Chess.com will provide further support as a co-organizer and official broadcast partner, once again having exclusive footage from the playing hall on Twitch.

Spain's chess tradition is centuries old. The rules of chess as we know it today were established in Spain in the late 15th century, around the time when the Catholic priest Ruy Lopez de Segura (c. 1530 c. 1580) was considered to be the strongest player in the world. All major chess events have taken place in Spain at least once, including among others the 1987 Kasparov-Karpov World Championship in Seville, the Susan Polgar- Xie Jun Women's World Championship match in Jaen in 1996, and the Chess Olympiad in Calvia in 2004.

Spain has also hosted the Candidates final twice before. In 1987 GM Anatoly Karpov qualified for his Sevilla match by fide candidates 2021 GM Andrei Sokolov in Linares, and the 1993 FIDE Candidates final between GM Nigel Short and GM Jan Timman was held in El Escorial, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) northwest of Madrid. The 1998 Magistral Comunidad de Madrid, won by GM Viswanathan Anand, was the last major chess tournament in the Spanish capital.

The Candidates Tournament itself has a long tradition as well. It was first held in 1950 in Budapest and the second edition, the 1953 Candidates Tournament in Zurich, belongs to the most famous tournaments in chess history. In modern times, the 2013 Candidates Tournament in London was particularly dramatic and historic, when the current world champion GM Magnus Carlsen managed to qualify for his first world championship. He went on to beat Anand later that year, and successfully defended his title in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2021.

Recently, Carlsen has stated that he only wishes to defend his title if his opponent will be from the new generation of chess players. His preferred opponent is 18-year-old Firouzja, who recently surged to the world number-two position behind Carlsen as the youngest-ever player to break the 2800 Elo rating margin. About FIDE: Founded in 1924, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) is the governing body of the sport of chess, and it regulates all international chess competitions.

Constituted as a non-governmental institution, it was recognized by the International Olympic Committee as a Global Sporting Organisation in 1999. Fide candidates 2021 in Lausanne, it is one of the largest sports organizations, encompassing 195 countries as affiliate members, in the form of National Chess Federations.

About Chess.com: Chess.com is the worlds largest chess site, with a community of more than 77 million members from around the world playing millions of games every day. Launched in 2007, Chess.com is the leader in chess news, lessons, events, and live entertainment.

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It will be an 8 player double round robin with some of the world’s top Grandmasters. The winner will qualify for the World Championship match later this year. The World Championship Match between the reigning World Champion and the Challenger, the winner of the 2022 Candidates Tournament, will consist of 14 games.

The fide candidates 2021 who scores 7.5 points fide candidates 2021 more wins the Match, and no further games are played. If the score after 14 games is equal, the winner is decided on a tiebreak. Cadidates Chess 2022 participants • Ian Nepomniachtchi – 2021 Match runner-up • Alireza Firouzja – Grand Swiss winner fide candidates 2021 Fabiano Caruana – Grand Swiss runner-up • Jan-Krzystof Duda – World Cup winner • Sergey Karjakin – World Cup runner-up • Candidate (possibly Richard Rapport) Grand Prix winner • Candidate – Grand Prix runner-up • Teimour Radjabov – Wild Card Candidates Chess 2022 pairings Candidates Chess 2022 is in Madrid The magnificent Palacio de Santoña, a centrally located historic building in Madrid, will become the venue of the most anticipated chess tournament of 2022.

Built in 1730, this mansion boasts of distinguished carved granite baroque façade and is home to one of the most refined eclectic interiors in the Spanish capital. It is currently one of the headquarters of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce. Eight prominent grandmasters will compete for a top spot in a double round-robin (all play all) tournament from 16 June to 6 July. The schedule includes four free days, one after every three rounds:  14-15 June 2022 Arrivals 1 day 16 June 2022 Technical meeting andOpening Ceremony 2 day 17 June 2022 Round 1 3 day 18 June 2022 Round 2 4 day 19 June 2022 Round 3 5 day 20 June 2022 Free day 6 day 21 June 2022 Round 4 7 day 22 June 2022 Round 5 8 day 23 June 2022 Round 6 9 day 24 June 2022 Free day 10 day 25 June 2022 Round 7 11 day 26 June 2022 Round fide candidates 2021 12 day 27 June 2022 Round 9 13 day 28 June 2022 Free day 14 day 29 June 2022 Round 10 15 day 30 June 2022 Round 11 16 day 1 July 2022 Round 12 17 day 2 July 2022 Free day 18 day 3 July 2022 Round 13 19 day 4 July 2022 Round 14 20 day 5 July 2022 Tie-breaks andClosing Ceremony 21 day 6 July 2022 Departures The first place is all that matters as the tournament’s winner becomes the World Championship Challenger and acquires the right to face World Champion Magnus Carlsen in a match.

Dedicated FIDE page: worldchampionshipcycle.fide.com Candidates Chess 2022 playoff As per the decision made at the FIDE Council meeting on December 27, a playoff has been introduced for the Candidates Tournament and the Women’s Candidates Tournament, to be played in the case of a tie for first place. This decision has been taken after consultation with all the players who have already qualified for the competition. A majority of them favoured the option of a play-off over the tie-break system used in previous editions (“1.

The results of the games between the players involved in the tie; 2. Number of wins; 3. Sonneborn-Berger”). The play-off will consist of rapid games. Details like the exact time control to be used and the total number of players to take part in the tie-break, will be decided in January after further consultation with players.

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2022 → The 2020–2021 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess double round-robin tournament to decide the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2021, played in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

[1] Ian Nepomniachtchi fide candidates 2021 the tournament with a round to spare and earned the right to challenge the defending world champion, Magnus Carlsen. [2] The first half of the tournament was played from 17 to 25 March 2020. [1] It was suspended at the halfway point due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [3] with the second half of the tournament played from 19 to 27 April 2021.

[4] Over 13 months from beginning to end, it is believed to be the longest over-the-board chess tournament in history. [5] Contents • 1 Participants • 1.1 Qualifier by rating • 1.2 Wild card • 2 Organization • 2.1 Regulations • 2.2 Schedule • 3 Impact of coronavirus on the tournament • 3.1 Ding Liren and Wang Hao • 3.2 Radjabov withdraws, replaced by Fide candidates 2021 • 3.3 FIDE's new regulations on playing conditions • 3.4 FIDE suspends the tournament • 3.5 The status of Radjabov • 3.6 Resumption of the tournament • 4 Results fide candidates 2021 4.1 Standings • 4.2 Overview • 4.3 Results by round • 4.4 Points by round • 5 Books • 6 References • 7 External links Participants [ edit ] The qualifiers for the Candidates Tournament were: [6] [7] Qualification method Player Age Rating World ranking (March 2020) [8] 2018 World Championship runner-up Fabiano Caruana 27 2842 2 The top two finishers at the Chess World Cup 2019 Teimour Radjabov (winner).

Withdrew. [9] [10] 33 2765 9 Ding Liren (runner-up) 27 2805 3 The top finisher in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 Wang Hao (winner) 30 2762 12 The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2019 Alexander Grischuk (winner) 36 2777 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (runner-up) 29 2774 5 Highest average rating Anish Giri 25 2763 11 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (replacement for Radjabov) [9] [10] 29 2767 8 Wild card chosen by organizer, subject to eligibility criteria Kirill Alekseenko [11] (highest non-qualifier in Grand Swiss) 22 2698 39 The regulations stated that if one or more players declined the invitation to play in the Candidates Tournament, the players with the next highest average ratings would qualify.

On 6 March, fide candidates 2021 rule was used to select Vachier-Lagrave, after Radjabov withdrew. Compared to previous cycles ( 2014, 2016, 2018), the Grand Swiss was a new addition, and the number of qualifiers by rating was reduced from two to one.

The format of the Grand Prix tournament was also changed. Qualifier by rating [ edit ] The qualifier on rating was the player with the highest average rating for the 12 ratings periods from February 2019 to January 2020, who did not qualify by another method.

To be eligible, a player must have played at least 30 games during the 12 ratings periods, and at least 18 in the final 6 ratings periods. [7] The following table shows the ratings of the players with the top average ratings from February 2019 to January 2020.

{INSERTKEYS} [12] It includes the first eleven players except for world champion Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana (who qualified as the 2018 challenger), Ding Liren (who qualified as a finalist of the 2019 World Cup), Alexander Grischuk and Ian Nepomniachtchi (the winner and runner-up of the 2019 FIDE Grand Prix). All of the players in the table met the above game count requirements.

The qualifier by rating was Anish Giri. R Player Feb 2019 Mar 2019 Apr 2019 May 2019 Jun 2019 Jul 2019 Aug 2019 Sep 2019 Oct 2019 Nov 2019 Dec 2019 Jan 2020 Average Rating 4 Anish Giri 2797 2797 2797 2787 2779 2779 2779 2780 2780 2776 2769 2768 2782.33 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2780 2775 2773 2780 2779 2775 2778 2774 2774 2777 2780 2770 2776.25 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2790 2790 2793 2781 2774 2765 2764 2767 2767 2772 2772 2770 2775.42 9 Viswanathan Anand 2779 2779 2774 2774 2767 2764 2756 2765 2765 2757 2757 2758 2766.25 10 Levon Aronian 2767 2761 2763 2762 2752 2756 2765 2758 2758 2772 2775 2773 2763.50 11 Wesley So 2765 2762 2762 2754 2754 2763 2776 2767 2767 2760 2760 2765 2762.91 Wild card [ edit ] One wild card was selected by the organizer.

This player must have participated in at least two of the three qualifying tournaments (World Cup, Grand Swiss and Grand Prix) and also must have met one of the following conditions: highest non-qualifier in the World Cup and also in the final 4 of the World Cup; highest non-qualifier in the Grand Swiss or Grand Prix; or in the top 10 by average rating from February 2019 to January 2020. [ citation needed] Four players were eligible: [13] Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (third in the World Cup, third in the Grand Prix, fifth on the rating list); Kirill Alekseenko (highest non-qualifier in the Grand Swiss and also played in the World Cup); Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (sixth on the rating list, played in the World Cup and Grand Prix) and Levon Aronian (tenth on the rating list, played in the World Cup and Grand Prix).

Viswanathan Anand was ninth on the rating list but only participated in the Grand Swiss, and thus was ineligible to be picked as the wild card player. [ citation needed] On 11 November 2019, Andrey Filatov, the president of the Russian Chess Federation, announced the intention to use the wild card to choose a Russian player, stating: "The decision to host this event in Russia guarantees that there will be a Russian player participating.

We’re still considering different options how we’ll choose a Russian wild-card, but it will probably be a match or match-tournament with Kirill Alekseenko [...]." [1] At the time of the announcement no Russian had qualified for the Candidates; and Alekseenko, Grischuk and Nepomniachtchi were sure to be eligible for the wild card, although the latter two also had a chance to qualify via the Grand Prix.

[ citation needed] On 22 December 2019, the Grand Prix results were finalised, with Grischuk and Nepomniachtchi qualifying, meaning Alekseenko was the only Russian eligible for the wild card. [14] [15] On 23 December 2019, the Russian Chess Federation officially nominated Kirill Alekseenko as the wild card. [11] On the same day, managers of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave expressed their concern with the current FIDE rules in an open letter to the Russian Chess Federation, asking to organize a match between Vachier-Lagrave and Alekseenko for their wild card placement, [16] on the basis that Vachier-Lagrave was eligible for the wild card in three different ways.

[17] However, Alekseenko was confirmed as the wild card. Alekseenko himself encouraged the abolition of the wild card in a later interview. [18] Organization [ edit ] The tournament was an eight player, double round-robin tournament, meaning there were 14 rounds with each player facing each other twice: once with the black pieces and once with the white pieces. The tournament winner qualified to play Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship late in 2021.

Regulations [ edit ] The time control was 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game; plus a 30-second increment per move starting from move 1. In the event of a tie, tie breaks were applied in the following order: 1) head-to-head score among tied players, 2) total number of wins, 3) Sonneborn–Berger score (SB), 4) rapid chess tie-break games (for first place only).

If more than two players were tied for first after the first three tie-break methods, then the two players to play the tie-break were to be decided by lot. [7] The prize money was: €48,000 for first place, €36,000 for second place, €24,000 for third place (with players on the same number of points sharing prize money, irrespective of tie-breaks); plus €7,000 per point for every player; giving a total prize pool of €500,000.

[7] Schedule [ edit ] FIDE announced the pairings on 14 February 2020. [19] The original schedule had the final round on 3 April and the closing ceremony on 4 April 2020. The revised schedule was announced on 16 February 2021.

[4] All games began at 16:00 local time (11:00 UTC), except Round 14, which began at 15:00 local time (10:00 UTC). [20] Players from the same country must play each other in the earlier rounds: Ding Liren and Wang Hao played each other in rounds 1 and 8; while Grischuk, Nepomniachtchi and Alekseenko played each other in rounds 1 to 3 and rounds 8 to 10. [7] Date Day Event 16 March 2020 Monday Opening ceremony 17 March 2020 Tuesday Round 1 18 March 2020 Wednesday Round 2 19 March 2020 Thursday Round 3 20 March 2020 Friday Rest day 21 March 2020 Saturday Round 4 22 March 2020 Sunday Round 5 23 March 2020 Monday Round 6 24 March 2020 Tuesday Rest day 25 March 2020 Wednesday Round 7 Date Day Event 19 April 2021 Monday Round 8 20 April 2021 Tuesday Round 9 21 April 2021 Wednesday Round 10 22 April 2021 Thursday Rest day 23 April 2021 Friday Round 11 24 April 2021 Saturday Round 12 25 April 2021 Sunday Rest day 26 April 2021 Monday Round 13 27 April 2021 Tuesday Round 14 28 April 2021 Wednesday Tie breaks (if required) Closing ceremony Impact of coronavirus on the tournament [ edit ] Ding Liren and Wang Hao [ edit ] The COVID-19 pandemic, which was mainly confined to China in January and early February 2020, affected the preparation of the Chinese players, Wang Hao and Ding Liren.

On 10 February, both players admitted that they cancelled their training camps and had to prepare online with their assistants: Ding Liren was training in his home city of Wenzhou; while Wang Hao was out of China, and planned to only briefly return to China before the Candidates. [21] [22] Wang Hao later decided to not return to China at all before the tournament.

[23] On 19 February, Russia announced a partial ban on Chinese nationals entering the country due to the coronavirus outbreak in China. [24] FIDE announced that the Chinese delegation was travelling on humanitarian visas and therefore would be permitted to enter Russia, but they were advised to come "well in advance" before the tournament. [23] On 2 March, Ding Liren and his team passed the Russian border control in Moscow and went to an isolated cottage house at the outskirts of Moscow, for two weeks of medical quarantine and observation before the start of the tournament.

[25] Radjabov withdraws, replaced by Vachier-Lagrave [ edit ] On 6 March, citing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic and FIDE's handling of the related risk-management, Teimour Radjabov withdrew from the tournament. His place was filled by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, as he was next on the qualifier by rating list. [9] [10] Radjabov had asked FIDE to postpone the event due to the coronavirus outbreak. [26] FIDE responded that this could not be done "legally and practically", [27] and gave Radjabov until 6 March to confirm his participation; Radjabov responded by formally withdrawing.

[27] FIDE's new regulations on playing conditions [ edit ] On 7 March, FIDE announced that the tournament could only be postponed by order of the Russian authorities, [28] and stated this again on 14 March: ″It is not the responsibility of FIDE to cancel FIDE-rated tournaments in any given Federation. Each Federation may take their own decisions ...″ [29] FIDE also announced health and safety measures, including screening of visitors for body temperature, and making handshakes optional.

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{INSERTKEYS} [28] [30] If one of the players would test positive for COVID-19, the tournament would be stopped immediately and resumed later in the year, with points counting from games already played. [31] FIDE suspends the tournament [ edit ] The first seven rounds proceeded as scheduled, between 17 and 25 March, with round eight scheduled for 26 March.

But on 26 March, the Russian government announced an interruption of air traffic with foreign countries, taking effect on 27 March. This prompted FIDE to suspend the tournament on 26 March, as FIDE could not guarantee players' and officials' return upon the completion of the tournament. Under the tournament conditions, the scores from the first seven rounds were retained.

[32] The status of Radjabov [ edit ] As a consequence of the postponement, Radjabov called for his reinstatement in the tournament, as well as considering legal action if he were not reinstated. [33] In a May 2020 interview, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich indicated that his preference was to give Radjabov a wildcard for the next cycle in 2022, subject to approval from the FIDE Council.

[34] In May 2021, FIDE confirmed that Radjabov was a qualifier for the 2022 Candidates Tournament. [35] Resumption of the tournament [ edit ] A resumption was initially announced by FIDE on 8 September 2020. The tournament was re-scheduled in the same host city of Yekaterinburg with the 8th round starting on 1 November 2020.

Tbilisi, Georgia, was named as a reserve venue. [36] However on 16 October 2020, FIDE postponed the resumption of the tournament, until the (northern hemisphere) spring of 2021. This was due to ongoing concerns about COVID-19, as well as the fact that the championship match with Carlsen was scheduled for November to December 2021, so it was not necessary to conclude the Candidates in 2020.

[37] Dvorkovich said that Yekaterinburg was still the likely venue. [38] On 16 February 2021, FIDE announced that the second half of the tournament would be played between 19 and 28 April, in Yekaterinburg.

[4] Results [ edit ] Standings [ edit ] Standings of the 2020–21 Candidates Tournament Rank Player Score H2H Wins SB Qualification NEP MVL GIR CAR DIN GRI ALE HAO 1 Ian Nepomniachtchi ( RUS) 8.5 — 5 55 Advance to title match ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ( FRA) 8 — 4 53.75 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 3 Anish Giri ( NED) 7.5 1.5 4 50.5 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 4 Fabiano Caruana ( USA) 7.5 0.5 3 50.5 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 Ding Liren ( CHN) 7 1.5 4 48.75 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 6 Alexander Grischuk ( RUS) 7 0.5 2 50.5 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 7 Kirill Alekseenko ( RUS) 5.5 — 2 38.5 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 Wang Hao ( CHN) 5 — 1 34.5 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ Source: Official website Chess.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head score among tied players; 3) total number of wins; 4) Sonneborn–Berger score (SB); 5) tie-break games.

[7] Note: Numbers in the crosstable in a white background indicate the result playing the respective opponent with the white pieces (black pieces if on a black background).

Overview [ edit ] Nepomniachtchi took an early lead with wins in rounds 1, 5 and 6, but was caught by Vachier-Lagrave, who defeated him in round 7.

The tournament was halted at the halfway point, with every player having played each other once. Vachier-Lagrave and Nepomniachtchi shared the lead on 4½/7, with Vachier-Lagrave's win in their individual game putting him provisionally ahead on tie-breaks. A point behind on 3½ were Caruana, Giri, Grischuk and Wang Hao. Ding Liren, who was one of the pre-tournament favourites, started the tournament badly with two consecutive losses, and shared last place on 2½ with Alekseenko.

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When the tournament resumed, Caruana defeated Vachier-Lagrave in round 8, and Nepomniachtchi was again the sole leader, a lead he extended to one point with a win over Alekseenko in round 10.

Giri moved to within half a point of the lead (but with a worse tie-break than Nepomniachtchi) with wins over Wang Hao and Ding Liren in rounds 9 and 11. In round 12 Giri faced third-placed Caruana, in a game which both needed to win; [39] Giri won, but Nepomniachtchi won against Wang Hao and kept his half-point lead; giving lead standings of Nepomniachtchi 8, Giri 7½, and Vachier-Lagrave 6½.

In round 13, both Giri (against Grischuk) and Vachier-Lagrave (against Nepomniachtchi) played for wins with the black pieces, but both obtained inferior positions. When Nepomniachtchi saw that Giri was losing, he offered Vachier-Lagrave a draw, which was accepted. [40] This left the standings at Nepomniachtchi 8½, Giri 7½, Vachier-Lagrave and Caruana 7.

With a superior tie break due to his 1½–½ head-to-head score against Giri, Nepomniachtchi won the tournament with one round to spare. Results by round [ edit ] First named player is white. 1–0 indicates a white win, 0–1 indicates a black win, and ½–½ indicates a draw. Numbers in parentheses show players' scores prior to the round. Round 1 – 17 March 2020 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (0) Fabiano Caruana (0) ½–½ Ding Liren (0) Wang Hao (0) 0–1 Anish Giri (0) Ian Nepomniachtchi (0) 0–1 Alexander Grischuk (0) Kirill Alekseenko (0) ½–½ Round 2 – 18 March 2020 Fabiano Caruana (½) Kirill Alekseenko (½) 1–0 Ian Nepomniachtchi (1) Alexander Grischuk (½) ½–½ Wang Hao (1) Anish Giri (0) ½–½ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (½) Ding Liren (0) 1–0 Round 3 – 19 March 2020 Ding Liren (0) Fabiano Caruana (1½) 1–0 Anish Giri (½) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (1½) ½–½ Fide candidates 2021 Grischuk (1) Wang Hao (1½) ½–½ Kirill Alekseenko (½) Ian Nepomniachtchi (1½) ½–½ Round 4 – 21 March 2020 Fabiano Caruana (1½) Ian Nepomniachtchi (2) ½–½ Wang Hao (2) Kirill Alekseenko (1) ½–½ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2) Alexander Grischuk (1½) ½–½ Ding Liren (1) Anish Giri (1) fide candidates 2021 Round 5 – 22 March 2020 Anish Giri (1½) Fabiano Caruana (2) ½–½ Alexander Grischuk (2) Ding Liren (1½) ½–½ Kirill Alekseenko (1½) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2½) ½–½ Ian Nepomniachtchi (2½) Wang Hao (2½) 1–0 Round 6 – 23 March 2020 Alexander Grischuk (2½) Fabiano Caruana (2½) ½–½ Kirill Alekseenko (2) Anish Giri (2) 0–1 Ian Nepomniachtchi (3½) Ding Liren (2) 1–0 Wang Hao (2½) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (3) ½–½ Round 7 – 25 March 2020 Fabiano Caruana (3) Wang Hao (3) ½–½ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (3½) Ian Nepomniachtchi (4½) 1–0 Ding Liren (2) Kirill Alekseenko (2) ½–½ Anish Giri (3) Alexander Grischuk (3) ½–½ Round 8 – 19 April 2021 Fabiano Caruana (3½) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (4½) 1–0 Wang Hao (3½) Ding Liren (2½) ½–½ Ian Nepomniachtchi (4½) Anish Giri (3½) ½–½ Kirill Alekseenko (2½) Alexander Grischuk (3½) 1–0 Round 9 – 20 April 2021 Kirill Alekseenko (3½) Fabiano Caruana (4½) ½–½ Alexander Grischuk (3½) Ian Nepomniachtchi (5) ½–½ Anish Giri (4) Wang Hao (4) 1–0 Ding Liren (3) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (4½) ½–½ Round 10 – 21 April 2021 Fabiano Caruana (5) Ding Liren (3½) ½–½ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (5) Anish Giri (5) ½–½ Wang Hao (4) Alexander Grischuk (4) ½–½ Ian Nepomniachtchi (5½) Kirill Alekseenko (4) 1–0 Round 11 – 23 April 2021 Ian Nepomniachtchi (6½) Fabiano Caruana (5½) ½–½ Kirill Alekseenko (4) Wang Hao (4½) fide candidates 2021 Alexander Grischuk (4½) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (5½) 1–0 Anish Giri (5½) Ding Liren (4) 1–0 Round 12 – 24 April 2021 Fabiano Caruana (6) Anish Giri (6½) 0–1 Ding Liren (4) Alexander Grischuk (5½) 1–0 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (5½) Kirill Alekseenko (4½) 1–0 Wang Hao (5) Ian Nepomniachtchi (7) 0–1 Round 13 – 26 April 2021 Wang Hao (5) Fabiano Caruana (6) 0–1 Ian Nepomniachtchi (8) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (6½) ½–½ Kirill Alekseenko (4½) Ding Liren (5) 0–1 Alexander Grischuk (5½) Anish Giri (7½) 1–0 Round 14 – 27 April 2021 Fabiano Caruana (7) Alexander Grischuk (6½) ½–½ Anish Giri (7½) Kirill Alekseenko (4½) 0–1 Ding Liren (6) Ian Nepomniachtchi (8½) 1–0 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (7) Wang Hao (5) 1–0 Points by round [ edit ] For each player, the difference between wins and losses after each round is shown.

The players with the highest difference for each round fide candidates 2021 marked with green background. The players with no more chance of advancing to the title match, in each round, are marked with red background. Final rank Player Rounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 Ian Nepomniachtchi ( RUS) +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +3 2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ( FRA) = +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 = +1 +1 +2 3 Anish Giri ( NED) −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 = = = +1 +1 +2 +3 +2 +1 4 Fabiano Caruana ( USA) = +1 = = = = = +1 +1 +1 +1 = +1 +1 5 Ding Liren ( CHN) −1 fide candidates 2021 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −1 = 6 Alexander Grischuk ( RUS) = = = = = = = −1 −1 −1 = −1 = = 7 Kirill Alekseenko ( RUS) = −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −4 −3 8 Wang Hao ( CHN) +1 +1 +1 +1 = = = = −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −4 Books [ edit ] • Grandmaster Dorian Rogozenco (2021).

Eight Good Men: The 2020-2021 Candidates Tournament. [Limited Liability Company Elk and Ruby Publishing House]. ISBN 978-5604-17707-5. References [ edit ] • ^ a b c Dates for the Candidates and the 44th Chess Olympiad announced, FIDE, 12 November 2019 • ^ "FIDE Confirms Nepomniatchi's Victory". Twitter.

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FIDE. 6 March 2020. • ^ a b c "MVL to play the Candidates instead of Radjabov". chess24.com. 6 March 2020. • ^ a b "Ruchess - Fide candidates 2021 of the CFR President: Andrey Filatov: Kirill Alekseenko to Get Wild Card from Organizer of FIDE Candidates Tournament (23 December, 2019)" • ^ FIDE Top 100 lists for 2019: February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December; January 2020 • ^ Chess: France’s top player clings to a slender hope of Candidates place, Leonard Barden, The Guardian, 20 December 2019 • ^ Chess: France’s top player clings to a fide candidates 2021 hope of Candidates place, Leonard Barden, The Guardian, 20 December 2019 • ^ Ian Nepomniachtchi wins Jerusalem Grand Prix, qualifies to Candidates, Chessbase, 23 Fide candidates 2021 2019 • ^ Vachier-Lagrave appeals for Candidates wild card, Chessbase, 23 December 2019 • ^ Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter.

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4 May 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020. • ^ FIDE announces qualification paths for Candidates Tournament 2022, FIDE, 25 May 2021 • ^ "FIDE announces resumption of Candidates Tournament". FIDE. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020. • ^ "The second leg of the Candidates Tournament is postponed to the spring of 2021". FIDE. fide candidates 2021 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020. • ^ Arkady Dvorkovich on Candidates: "It was a tough call", FIDE, 23 October 2020 • ^ Giri beats Caruana and leader Nepomniachtchi beats Wang Hao in Candidates Round 12, The Week in Chess, 24 April 2021 • ^ Ian Nepomniachtchi wins the 2021 Candidates tournament with a round to spare, The Week in Chess, 26 April 2021 External links [ edit ] • FIDE Candidates Tournament 2020, FIDE (official site) • Daily reports and commentary at Chessbase: Round 1, * Round 2, Round 3, * Round 4, Round 5, * Round 6, Round 7.

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The International Chess Federation has approved the qualification criteria to select the eight players who will participate in the Candidates Tournament 2022. Like in the previous cycle, the goal has been to devise a democratic qualification system, where every reasonably strong player is given a chance to qualify.

These are the different qualifying events and criteria: A) One spot – FIDE World Championship Match 2021, Runner-up As tradition goes, one spot will go directly to the runner-up at the FIDE World Championship Match, to be played in Dubai (UAE) in November-December 2021.

B) One spot – GM Teimour Radjabov (winner of the FIDE World Cup 2019) One place will be reserved for Teimour Radjabov, the winner of the FIDE World Cup 2019. FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich mentioned that this was his intention in a recent interview. The FIDE Council members fully supported his position, so we are happy to confirm that Teimour will be granted this possibility.

C) Two spots – FIDE World Cup 2021 Two spots will be decided at the FIDE World Cup 2021, to be played in Sochi (Russia), in July-August 2021.

The two finalists in this event will earn their tickets to the Candidates 2022. It may happen that Teimour Radjabov or any of the two contenders in the 2021 match fide candidates 2021 Carlsen or Ian Nepomniachtchi) are in the final. In this case, the place will be passed on to the next non-qualified player in the FIDE World Cup (but not further than 4th place) or to the next non-qualified player in the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2022. D) Two spots fide candidates 2021 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 Two places will be at stake in the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Tournament 2021, to be held in October-November 2021 in Douglas (Isle of Man).

The two top-finishers in this 114-player event, which is expected to be the strongest Swiss event ever held, will advance to the next stage of the world championship cycle 2021-2022. If any of these two players happen to be already qualified through events A, B or C, the spot will go to the next non-qualifying player in the standings of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Tournament 2021. E) Two spots – FIDE Grand Prix Series 2022 The remaining two spots will be granted to the two top-finishers at the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2022, which will take place between February and April 2022.

The Regulations for the Series will be published in June. We must note that the winner of the FIDE World Championship Match 2021 is not allowed to participate in Grand Prix Series. Likewise, none of the players already qualified via events A, B, C or D, is expected to take part in the Grand Prix.

If any of them decides to participate, they should give up their qualification spot previously earned. In the eventuality of any schedule modification caused by the pandemic or any other force majeure circumstances, the FIDE Council is entitled to adjust the qualification criteria accordingly.

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No part of this site may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any way or by any means (including photocopying, recording or storing it in any medium by electronic means), without the written permission of FIDE International Chess Federation.GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the 2020/21 FIDE Candidates tournament and will challenge world champion GM Magnus Carlsen for the world championship beginning in November 2021.

Nepomniachtchi won the tournament by playing well in both halves while several rivals struggled in one half or the other. The tournament began on March 17, 2020 and Nepomniachtchi's w ins over GM Anish Giri in round one, GM Wang Hao in round five, and GM Ding Liren in round six brought him into first place. Even after a loss to GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in round seven, Nepomniachtchi held a share of first when the tournament was suspended midway through on March 26 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

When the tournament resumed on April 19, 2021, Nepomniachtchi's wins in round 10 over GM Kirill Alekseenko and round 12 over Wang gave him a dominating tournament position, especially after GM Fabiano Caruana lost fide candidates 2021 Giri in the same round.

Nepomniachtchi's fide candidates 2021 in round 13 while Giri lost to GM Alexander Grischuk gave Nepomniachtchi the tournament victory with a round left. Nepomnaichtchi scored 8.5/14 in the tournament, while Vachier-Lagrave ended up second on 8/14, Giri and Caruana third at 7.5/14, Ding and Grischuk in a fifth-place tie at 7/14, Alekseenko in seventh at 5.5/14, and Wang in last fide candidates 2021 at 5/14.

After the tournament, Wang Hao announced his retirement from competitive chess due to health issues. All games # Fed Name Rtg Perf 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts 1 Ian Nepomniachtchi 2774 2849 0½ 1½ ½½ 10 ½½ ½1 11 8.5/14 2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2767 2824 1½ ½½ ½0 1½ ½0 ½1 ½1 8.0/14 3 Anish Giri 2763 2799 0½ ½½ ½1 ½1 ½0 10 ½1 7.5/14 4 Fabiano Caruana 2842 2789 ½½ ½1 ½0 0½ ½½ 1½ ½1 7.5/14 5 Ding Liren 2805 2769 01 0½ ½0 1½ ½1 ½1 0½ 7.0/14 6 Alexander Grischuk 2777 2773 ½½ ½1 ½1 ½½ ½0 ½0 ½½ 7.0/14 7 Kirill Alekseenko 2698 2708 ½0 ½0 01 0½ ½0 ½1 ½½ 5.5/14 8 Wang Hao 2762 2674 00 ½0 ½0 ½0 1½ ½½ ½½ 5.0/14 (Tiebreaks: 1.

Mutual score, 2. Number of wins, 3. Sonneborn-Berger.) Chess.com's coverage of the FIDE Candidates Tournament brought to you by GRIP6 is sure to be exciting. The FIDE Candidates Tournament is one of the most important events of 2020 and 2021. Eight players fight for a chance to play GM Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship later in the year.

The 2020 FIDE Candidates Tournament was interrupted halfway due to the ongoing pandemic. It resumed on April 19, 2021. Here's all of the information: fide candidates 2021 Pairings And Results • Watch On Chess.com • Dates • Location • Format • Players • Prize Fund • Fantasy Contest • Candidates Vote Chess Winners • Regulations • History Pairings And Results Round 1 17.03.20 16:00 GMT+5 Round 8 19.04.21 16:00 GMT+5 Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ Caruana Caruana 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave Ding Liren 0-1 Wang Hao Wang Hao ½-½ Ding Liren Giri 0-1 Nepomniachtchi Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Giri Grischuk ½-½ Alekseenko Alekseenko 1-0 Grischuk Round 2 18.03.20 16:00 GMT+5 Round 9 20.04.21 16:00 GMT+5 Caruana 1-0 Alekseenko Alekseenko ½-½ Caruana Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Grischuk Grischuk ½-½ Nepomniachtchi Wang Hao ½-½ Giri Giri 1-0 Wang Hao Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 Ding Liren Ding Liren ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave Round 3 19.03.20 16:00 GMT+5 Round 10 21.04.21 16:00 GMT+5 Ding Liren 1-0 Caruana Caruana ½-½ Ding Liren Giri ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ Giri Grischuk ½-½ Wang Hao Wang Hao ½-½ Grischuk Alekseenko ½-½ Nepomniachtchi Nepomniachtchi 1-0 Alekseenko Round 4 21.03.20 16:00 GMT+5 Round 11 23.04.21 16:00 GMT+5 Caruana ½-½ Nepomniachtchi Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Caruana Wang Hao ½-½ Alekseenko Alekseenko ½-½ Wang Hao Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ Grischuk Grischuk 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave Ding Liren ½-½ Giri Giri 1-0 Ding Liren Round 5 22.03.20 16:00 GMT+5 Round 12 24.04.21 16:00 GMT+5 Giri ½-½ Caruana Caruana 0-1 Giri Grischuk ½-½ Ding Liren Ding Liren 1-0 Grischuk Alekseenko ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 Alekseenko Nepomniachtchi 1-0 Wang Hao Wang Hao 0-1 Nepomniachtchi Round 6 23.03.20 16:00 GMT+5 Round 13 26.04.21 16:00 GMT+5 Grischuk ½-½ Caruana Wang Hao 0-1 Caruana Alekseenko 0-1 Giri Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave Nepomniachtchi 1-0 Ding Liren Alekseenko 0-1 Ding Liren Wang Hao ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave Grischuk 1-0 Giri Round 7 25.03.20 16:00 GMT+5 Round 14 27.04.21 16:00 GMT+5 Caruana ½-½ Wang Hao Caruana ½-½ Grischuk Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 Nepomniachtchi Giri 0-1 Alekseenko Ding Liren ½-½ Alekseenko Ding Liren 1-0 Nepomniachtchi Giri ½-½ Grischuk Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 Wang Hao On February 14, at a ceremony in the offices of the Russian Ministry of Sports in Moscow, the drawing of lots was performed.

This led to the following numbers for the players: 1 Teimour Radjabov, 2 Ding Liren, 3 Anish Giri, 4 Alexander Grischuk, 5 Kirill Alekseenko, 6 Ian Nepomniachtchi, 7 Wang Hao, 8 Fabiano Caruana.

As the regulations stipulate, players from the same country are facing each other in the early rounds. The two Chinese players meet in rounds 1 and 8, and the three Russians play each other in rounds 1-3 and 8-10. Watch On Chess.com Check out all of the FIDE Candidates action live at Chess.com/events. You can also watch the live broadcast on Chess.com/TV with live chat and commentary by five-time world champion GM Viswanathan Anand, GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Wesley So, GM Robert Hess, IM Danny Rensch, and other special guests.

As Chess.com acquired the broadcast rights, our show will also have video footage of the players and the playing hall! Watch the games --> • Daily news recaps will be posted on the Chess.com news pages with in-depth grandmaster analysis of the games. • Further recap videos will be published on YouTube with more GM analysis.

• On Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, we'll provide the latest news, photos, rumors, and more from the tournament. Find here all the information about our coverage in Russian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Polish, Turkish, and Korean! Our commentary team for the FIDE Candidates. Dates The tournament was originally planned for March 15 - April 5, 2020. The opening ceremony and technical meeting for the players took place on March 16, and the first round was on March 17.

After every three rounds, there is a rest day. The second half is now scheduled for April 19-27 and a possible tiebreak and the closing ceremony will be on April 28, 2021. Schedule Date Local time Europe Pacific Event March 15, 2020 Arrivals March 16, 2020 Opening Ceremony & Technical Meeting March 17, 2020 16:00 12:00 4 a.m.

Round 1 March 18, 2020 16:00 12:00 4 a.m. Round 2 March 19, 2020 16:00 12:00 4 a.m. Round 3 March 20, 2020 Free Day Fide candidates 2021 21, 2020 16:00 12:00 4 a.m.

Round 4 March 22, 2020 16:00 12:00 4 a.m. Round 5 March 23, 2020 16:00 12:00 4 a.m. Round 6 March 24, 2020 Free Day March 25, 2020 16:00 12:00 4 a.m. Round 7 April 19, 2021 16:00 13:00 4 a.m. Round 8 April 20, 2021 16:00 13:00 4 a.m. Round 9 April 21, 2021 16:00 13:00 4 a.m. Round 10 April 22, 2021 Free day April 23, 2021 16:00 13:00 4 a.m.

Round 11 April 24, 2021 16:00 13:00 4 a.m. Round 12 April 25, 2021 Free day April 26, 2021 16:00 13:00 4 a.m. Round 13 April 27, 2021 16:00 13:00 4 a.m. Round 14 April 28, 2021 Tie-breaks & Closing Fide candidates 2021 Location The venue of the tournament is the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

The Hyatt Regency Hotel in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The official website is en.candidates-2020.com. Format Players 2020 Candidates Tournament - Participants # Fed Name Rating Rank B-Year 1 Caruana, Fabiano 2842 2 1992 2 Ding Liren 2805 3 1992 3 Grischuk, Alexander 2777 4 1983 4 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2774 5 1990 5 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2767 8 1990 6 Giri, Anish 2763 11 1994 7 Wang Hao 2762 12 1989 8 Alekseenko, Kirill 2698 39 1997 Fabiano Caruana (27) Fabiano Caruana (2842, USA) qualified as the runner-up in the 2018 World Championship.

He fide candidates 2021 the Candidates Tournament in 2018 and eventually lost to Carlsen in the title match. Caruana came second in the 2016 Candidates Tournament behind Sergey Karjakin. Ding Liren (27) Ding Liren (2805, China) qualified as the runner-up in the 2019 FIDE World Cup.

This is his second time he will play a Candidates Tournament; in 2018, the Chinese GM came fourth with 13 draws and one win. Alexander Grischuk (36) Alexander Grischuk (2777, Russia) qualified as the winner of the 2019 FIDE Grand Prix. He played Candidates Matches in both 2007 and 2011. In both the 2013 and 2018 tournaments, he tied for fifth place with 6.5/14. Ian Nepomniachtchi (29) Ian Nepomniachtchi (2774, Russia) qualified as the runner-up of the 2019 FIDE Grand Prix.

He is playing his first Candidates Tournament. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (29) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2767, France) is a replacement for Teimour Radjabov, who withdrew from the tournament after his request to postpone the fide candidates 2021 due to the coronavirus was not granted.

MVL is playing his first Candidates Tournament. Anish Giri (25) Anish Giri (2763, Netherlands) qualified as the player with the highest average rating for 12 rating periods from February 2019 to January 2020. It's the second Candidates Tournament for the Dutchman; he tied for fourth place in 2016 with 14 draws. Wang Hao (30) Wang Hao (2758, China) qualified as the winner of the 2019 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss.

He is playing his first Candidates Tournament. Kirill Alekseenko (22) Kirill Alekseenko (2704, Russia) is the wildcard. He was eligible to be selected as a wildcard due to placing third in the 2019 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss. He is playing his first Candidates Tournament. Prize Fund The total prize fund is 500,000 euros ($557.720,00).

The amount is net and cleared of any local taxes. All prize money is divided equally between players who have the same score after 14 rounds. Regulations The official regulations can be found in PDF here. These are the most important things to know: • The eight players play a double round-robin tournament (14 rounds). The winner qualifies for the 2020 FIDE World Chess Championship Match. • The time control is 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes to finish the game with a 30-second increment starting from the first move.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through the Chief Arbiter or his Deputy in case of threefold repetition. • If two or more players score the same number of points, the tie is decided by the following criteria, in order of priority: a) The results of the games between the players involved in the tie. b) Each tied player’s total number of wins in the tournament. c) Sonneborn-Berger System.

• If there are two players in a tie for the first place, a rapid and blitz tiebreak playoff will be held between these players to determine the winner and the runner-up. Fantasy Contest You can play in Chess.com's Candidates Fantasy Contest during the tournament for your chance at a share of $5,000 and fide candidates 2021 memberships. Draft your team now and follow the action live on ChessTV. Candidates Vote Chess Winners History The Candidates Tournament has a long tradition.

It was first held in 1950 in Budapest where GMs David Bronstein and Isaac Boleslavsky tied for first place. Bronstein then won a match between the two and tied the world championship match with GM Mikhail Botvinnik.

Botvinnik thus retained his title. The second, the 1953 Candidates Tournament in Zurich, is possibly the most famous edition of all because of Bronstein's brilliant book about it.

It was won by GM Vassily Smyslov, who also drew his world championship match with Botvinnik. Three years later, Smyslov won the next tournament in Amsterdam and then fide candidates 2021 Botvinnik to become the world champion. GMs Boris Spassky, Viktor Korchnoi, Anatoly Karpov, and Viswanathan Anand are the only other players who qualified for another title match (not counting rematches guaranteed to a defeated champion) after losing the first match. Spassky lost his first match to GM Tigran Petrosian in 1966, but he beat Petrosian in 1969 to become the champion.

Korchnoi lost both matches to Karpov, in 1978 and 1981. Karpov himself won the Candidates in 1989 after he had lost to GM Garry Kasparov in 1987. In modern times, the 2013 Candidates Tournament in London was particularly dramatic and historic. In a two-horse race for first place between Carlsen and GM Vladimir Kramnik, the two were tied when they both lost their final-round game.

Carlsen was declared the winner based on the second tiebreak (number of wins) and went on to beat Anand later that year. Carlsen successfully defended his title against Anand, who won the 2014 Candidates Tournament, against Karjakin (2016) and Caruana (2018).

His next opponent will be known on April 28, 2021 at the latest.
FIDE World Championship Match 2023. DATES AND HOST CITY TO BE ANNOUNCED The World Championship Match between the reigning World Champion and the Challenger, the winner of the 2022 Candidates Tournament, will consist of 14 games.

The player who scores 7.5 points or more wins the Match, and no further games are played. If the score after 14 games is equal, the winner is decided on a tiebreak. website 2021 FIDE World Cup 23-year-old Jan-Krzysztof Duda defeated Sergey Karjakin 1.5-0.5 in the final match. System of play: Each match consists of two classical games (one game per day) with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.

If tied, a tiebreak follows on the third day: two 25m+10s rapid games, if still tied, then two 10m+10s games, if still tied, then two 5m+3s games, if still tied, an Armageddon game. 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss 18-year-old Alireza Firouzja won the event with 8 out of 11, half a point above runner-up Fabiano Caruana.

Swiss system, 11 rounds. The time control: fide candidates 2021 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. 2021 FIDE World Championship Match Magnus Carlsen defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi 7.5-3.5 and retained his title. System of play: the Match consists of 14 games.

The time control for each game is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

In case of a tie after 14 classical games, a playoff is played. 2022 FIDE Grand Prix Series The Series included three legs and each participant took part in two out of three tournaments. Each leg brought together 16 players and had a two-stage format. The first stage was pools of four, with the winners of each pool proceeding to the knockout stage.

The semi-finals and final consisted of 2 classical games, plus tiebreaks if required. The fide candidates 2021 control for each standard game in pools and play-off was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

Players received Grand Prix points according to their finishing position in each tournament: winner - 13, runner-up - 10, semi-final loser - 7, second in pool - 4, third in pool - 2, fourth in pool - 0.

The two players with the most Grand Prix points – Hikaru Nakamura and Richard Rapport – qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022. Final Standings: 1. Hikaru Nakamura – 23 GP points 2. Richard Rapport - 20 3. Wesley So - 17 4. Levon Aronian - 12 5. Dmitry Andreikin - 10 6. Amin Tabatabaei - 10 7. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 10 8. Leinier Domínguez - 9 9. Sam Shankland - 8 10.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 8 11. Anish Giri - 7 12. Vidit Gujrathi - 7 13. Nikita Vitiugov - 6 14-15. Alexandr Predke - 4 14-15. Grigoriy Oparin - 4 16-17. Andrey Esipenko - 4 16-17. Vincent Keymer - 4 18. Radosław Wojtaszek - 4 19.

Vladimir Fedoseev - 3 20. Yu Yangyi - 3 21. Daniil Dubov - 3 22. Alexander Grischuk - 2 23. Pentala Harikrishna - 2 fide candidates 2021. Étienne Bacrot - 2 25. Alexei Shirov - 1